Hills Gulch Bed, Hills Gulch, Jaycox Member, Genesee Co., NY (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Genesee County, New York (43.0° N, 78.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 25.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jaycox Member (Ludlowville Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; gray, silty limestone

• silty limestone

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. M. Mayer. 1989. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Jaycox Shale Member, Hamilton Group of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. 1-121 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8982: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.09.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid stems
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
fenestrates
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Cephalopoda
 Barrandeocerida - Nephriticeratidae
Nephriticeras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras ? sp. Foerste 1932
nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo fecunda Hall 1862 clam
[entered as Paleoneilo fecunda]
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Plethomytilus oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
"Plethomytilus oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis Conrad 1842 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha concentrica Conrad 1838 clam
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana
"Phacops rana" = Eldredgeops rana Green 1832 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum halli Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae
Stereolasma rectum Hall 1843 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites hamiltoniae tabulate coral
Favosites argus Hall 1876 tabulate coral